Mohammad Ali Askari

In November 2019, he was arrested simultaneously during nationwide protests

Millions of demonstrators protests in several cities of Iran, after the petrol price rise. Though, the early hours of the protests were aimed at the petrol price rise, soon after the protests turned against the government. From the earliest moments firing on protesters began in many places and security forces killed or injured hundreds. November's nationwide protests consider as the largest uprising against the government till now by many people, and the Islamic Republic's reaction admitted as the largest crackdown on non-partisan protesters <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='28247'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23277/'> Mohammad Ali Asgari, Tofiq Khanjari, Hossein Soyedi and Naim Zargani are four citizens living in the city of Ahvaz who were arrested by intelligence authorities. The charge against them is “an attack on the Basij base.” Their arrest had to do with nationwide November 2019 protests. It is possible that they were sent to the Ahvaz prison following interrogation </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28248'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-23277/'> ‌He was released on bail </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>